wynona judd told you about a god wink. i hadn't heard that before so i looked the phrase 7. it's a miracle, blessing, an overfilled cup. that's what you are, and as old blue eyes might say, the best is yet to come, larry, you did it your way. congratulations, larry. [ applause ] that's from wendy, too. >> larry: thank you all. diane, until i get them, you may wear those suspenders on the abc world news. >> i will so wear them with pride and a little bit of eccentricity. >> and a blazer covering them up, larry. >> i'm sure something like that. >> yeah. exactly. >> larry: thank you, guys. thanks very much. a guest here 28 times over the years will join us for the 29th time. we're going to go live to little rock, arkansas, next. so td ameritrade doesn't give me just one person. questions about retirement? i talk to their retirement account specialists. bonds? grab the phone. fixed-income specialist. td ameritrade knows investors sometimes need real, live help. not just one broker... a whole team there to help... to help me decide what's right for me. people with answers at td a

and reforc supported the recommendations of the chairman, and putting tom, coburn, mike crapo, judd gregg, kent conrad and dick durbin. as far as i'm concerned, they are true patriots. they are true patriots. as our colleague tom coburn said just before the commission voter the time for action is now. wai we cunan't afford to wait for te next election to begin this process. my before the skyrocketing cause our national debt to triple attacks or to double, our economy may collapse under this burden.we arer we are already near precipice. in the near future we could understand a collapse in value e per dollar, hyperinflation or dw other consequences that would force congress to face a setre t choices far more painful than those proposed in this plan, and the quote. so here we are in a situations where we are on an unsustainable fiscal quarters, caused byy explosive and unchecked growth in spending and entitlement obligations without funding. an we've got an outdated tax code that does not sufficiently encourage savings of economic growth. a skyrocketing national debt that puts our cred

they were the ones who asked for this commission. they went to work for ten months and today we voted on that commission report. i voted "yes." i left that deficit commission to take that short one-minute subway ride over here to the capitol to emerge in the senate chamber and to try to understand how two buildings so close to one another can be so far apamplet because here on the floor of the united states senate, the debate is on whether or not we should extend tax cuts for the wealthiest people in america. doing that will add dramatically to our national debt. just to put it in perspective, senator mitch mcconnell's proposal for tax cuts for the next ten years will cost us $4 trillion. does that number sound familiar? that's the amount of deficit commission was told to eliminate in spending and create in revenue over the next ten years. all of the work of this commission, as controversial as it is, would only pay off senator mcconnell's republican tax cut proposal. meaning, we'd make no progress in reducing the deficit of the unit

susan, dave and 8-year-old alexander judd. your morning is going a lot better this morning than last. >> oh, yes, it certainly is. >> let's go back in time a little bit. you're on the flight. it's canceled when you're onboard. you can't get your car out of long-term parking. you're from scarsdale, new york. you take a train? >> that's right. there was no other way out of kennedy airport, other than to take the shuttle bus to the subway. >> you're on the subway, above ground. then what happened, susan? >> then the train stopped. shortly after getting on, it stopped. >> shortly after getting on? >> yes. >> were they communicating with you, what was going on, how long was it going to take? >> initially, they did. initially, it was clear they were really making an effort to try to move the trains. think the employees wanted to get home as much as we did. but increasingly, as the hours went by, we heard less and less. >> dave, i saw, you and susan both, when they heard the gentlemen say, there was access to bathrooms, you guys -- >

in an effort to address the growing debt, i joined 12 democrats and 15 republicans, including my new hampshire colleague, senator judd gregg, in cosponsoring legislation earlier in this congress to establish a national commission on fiscal responsibility and reform. now, although that legislation failed, earlier this week a similar deficit-reduction commission, one that was appointed by president obama, issued its report, and the findings are very sobering. the report indicates that we need to take dramatic action to reduce our debt and we need to develop a plan for how we're going to do that. and we need to do that sooner rather than later. this is not a problem we can keep kicking down the road and expect it's going to solve itself. but while we're developing that plan, we need to look at how we can do everything possible to get the economy moving again. we need to confront an economy that's still recovering from a deep recession and i appreciate, like all of my colleagues do, that now is not the time to raise taxes on middle-class americans. senator baucus has proposed a plan that

you can watch the vote on, c- span2. house representatives are about to come in and will take of that continuing resolution to fund the government. we are expecting their votes today. thanks for watching. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, monsignor steven rosetti, catholic university of america, washington, d.c. the chaplain: good and gracious god, as we enter upon this joyous season, we are also aware of so much hurt and pain, conflict and violence around the world. and even in our own land. we know that as long as we live in the world, such signs of our fallen humanity will always be with us. we do not pray they will all magically disappear, however in this season of grace, we pray that you might be with us in an especially poignant way. may each of us come to know you more deeply, you who are at peace. may each of us feel and treasure our common h

and i join with the entire senate family in wishing judd and kathleen the very best in the years ahead. madam president, i yield the floor. mr. whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: madam president, may i first say how proud and privileged i feel to have been on the floor during the distinguished senior senator from iowa's speeches on behalf of his friends and colleagues, many of decades' duration. i have -- i'm still in my first term here, and i know i still have a lot to learn, but one thing that i have learned is that this place operates on friendships and that the friendships here are special ones, forged in cooperation, tempered in combat, and sustained in mutual respect. and your eloquent words about your colleagues are a great testament, senator harkin to that fine characteristic of this boavmentd so i felt very touched and pleased to be here. madam president, i'm here to draw attention to what i consider to be an urgent need that we include an extension of the treasury grant program for renewable energy projects in an